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GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014

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Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's damaged buildings. Senior State Department officials pressed for changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly attack, expressing concerns that Congress might criticize the Obama administration for ignoring warnings of a growing threat in Benghazi.

Associated Press/Sept. 14, 2012

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The incident was heavily politicized from the start, occurring less than two months before President Barack Obama's re-election and while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state.The former New York senator and first lady, who infuriates many conservatives, ranks high in speculation about Democrats in the hunt for the 2016 presidential nomination.